Comparison

First Date vs Chapter

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

First Date

This private journal helps you navigate your dating life by providing pre-date questions, safety check-ins, and guided post-date reflections. Track your dating history, identify patterns, and enhance your safety with offline features. It's designed to be used alongside existing dating apps or for real-life encounters.

Highlights
  • Pre-date conversation questions
  • Safety check-ins and fake calls
  • Guided post-date reflection prompts
  • Voice memos with on-device transcripts
  • Dating pattern analysis
  • Offline date-safety guide
  • Face ID lock
Features
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First Date is a private journal for your dating life - not a dating app. Use it alongside the dating apps you already have, or for people you meet in real life. Keep track of who you're talking to, walk into each date with a few good questions, get home safely, and write down how it really went while it's fresh. BEFORE THE DATE - Three questions for tonight, chosen for what you're looking for (casual, long-term, marriage or just exploring) and for the interests you share. Shuffle for another set. - Write a one-line intention ("stay curious, home by ten"). Your reflection asks how it went. - Plan the venue with Apple Maps details and walking-time context. - Conversation prompts in five tones: playful, curious, direct, vulnerable and witty. DURING THE DATE - Safety check-ins: reminders ask if you're home safe. If you don't confirm, a second reminder opens a ready-to-send text to a contact you chose, with the venue. You press send. - A fake incoming call when you need an easy way out, with the caller name you pick. - An offline date-safety guide that works with no signal. AFTER THE DATE - Guided reflection: questions that get past "it was fine", a star rating, how you felt on the way home, and whether you'd see them again. - What felt good and what gave you pause, as tags. - Voice memos with on-device transcripts. - A heads-up when someone has gone quiet, on a threshold you choose. PATTERNS - Quick stats across your own history: dates per person, how long you talk before meeting, how often you leave feeling like yourself. - With Pro: filters by app, venue, pacing, chemistry, follow-up and how you left; month-by-month trends; and written patterns once 10 people are logged. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything you save stays in the app on your iPhone or iPad. There is no account, no server and no sync, so your journal never leaves your device. Voice memos are transcribed on the device. Venue search uses Apple Maps. No analytics or ad SDKs. Add a Face ID lock whenever you like. FIRST DATE PRO - ONE PAYMENT, NO SUBSCRIPTION The journal holds your first 5 people. First Date Pro is a single Lifetime purchase: it lifts that limit and adds deeper filters, month-by-month trends and written patterns. It never renews. Safety check-ins, the fake call, voice memos with transcripts, guided reflection, date-night questions, the Face ID lock, screenshot import and conversation prompts stay in the free journal. NOT A DATING APP First Date does not match you with anyone, host a profile, show a feed or message anyone for you. ABOUT SAFETY Check-ins remind you and pre-fill a message that you send yourself. First Date does not contact emergency services, does not share your live location and is not a monitoring service. If you are in danger, call your local emergency number. Privacy Policy: https://firstdate.keenshift.ai/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://firstdate.keenshift.ai/terms Support: https://firstdate.keenshift.ai/support

About

Chapter

Features
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Never mix up the people you're dating again. Chapter is a private, offline-first journal for your dating life. Create a card for each person you meet — add notes, track topics you've discussed, and set gentle reminders. Everything stays on your device, locked with Face ID. Simple. Private. Yours. KEY FEATURES • One chapter per person — add a nickname and the app you met on • Free-form notes for each date or conversation • Topic tags to remember what you've talked about (travel, music, family, humor...) • Reminders for first dates, follow-ups, or anything that matters • Face ID / Touch ID lock — your journal stays private • Offline-first — no cloud, no server, no data leaving your device • Available in 9 languages NOT A TRACKER — A NOTEBOOK Chapter is a neutral, non-judgmental tool. There's no rating system, no score, no gamification. Just a private space to keep your thoughts organized. Each person deserves a chapter. CHAPTER PRO Go unlimited with Chapter Pro: • Unlimited chapters • Unlimited reminders • No ads Start with 5 free chapters. Upgrade anytime. Your data never leaves your phone. Chapter works 100% offline. No accounts to create, no passwords to remember, nothing is ever shared or uploaded. Just you and your notes. Privacy Policy: https://myideapp.com/chapter/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://myideapp.com/chapter/terms.html

Screenshots

First Date4 screens
Chapter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: First Date at none against Chapter's shown. Chapter's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. First Date sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Chapter sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
First Date versus Chapter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirst DateChapter
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB51 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMitaanshu AgarwalLucas Obadia

In-app purchases

1 purchases

First Date

One-time1
  • First Date Pro Lifetime$79.99
2 purchases

Chapter

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly Chapter$0.991 Month
  • Premium Annual Chapter app$3.991 Year

Questions

Is First Date free?
First Date is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chapter free?
Chapter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do First Date or Chapter have ads?
Chapter shows ads; First Date does not.
Which is updated more often, First Date or Chapter?
First Date ships an update every 2 weeks, and Chapter every 2 weeks. Most recently, First Date was updated on October 28, 2026 and Chapter on October 24, 2026.

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